It was at the start of the year that I took over from Tim Cross as the UK online team captain. These were considerable boots to fill given he had just helped steer the squad of himself, Seb Wilkinson, Gaz Owen, Leo Waters and myself to the title of EBIF online team champions in 2017.

The UK backgammon team for the most prestigious team event of 2018, the World team Championship in Gibraltar has been selected and is as follows:

Eric McAlpine

Gaz Owen

Lawrence Powell

Peter Bennet

Raj Jansari

Sebastian Wilkinson

Steve Bibby

Tim Cross (Captain)

As by far and away the most successful international backgammon team for the last 30 months we are undoubtably now on the hit list of the major World backgammon powers, so it is great that we are taking such a strong team.

Both Steve Bibby (UK Open and UKBGF tour winner) and Peter Bennet (wins in Bristol and Worcester as well as being the UK number one rated player) have forced their way into the team and will be welcomed by the regulars.

The international team set up is far from a closed shop – so if you can play around PR 5 or better and you are interested in representing the teams, please come and chat and I will explain some of the criteria I consider when selecting the team.

Team UK – for this event, Lawrence Powell, Tim Cross, Raj Jansari, Sebastian Wilkinson and Eric McAlpine – continued its drive towards domination of the international backgammon scene with another superb performance at the Nordic Open team event, winning the double-elimination tournament outright and undefeated!

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West Yorkshire Open

Date: 22-24 March, 2019Venue: Clayton Village Hall, Bradford

The opening of the 2019 UK Tour, with a prize fund of £7000. Paul Gilbertson Memorial warm-up event with added prizes, Swiss Saturday leading to knockouts on Sunday. Plus doubles, Super Jackpot and 1-pointers.